Welcome to the
Moving San Mateo Forward!
1 City Manager
Alex Khojikian
2 Community Collaboration Engagement
3 Thriving
Together
4 Strength in Diversity
5 Submit Y our Questions for Us
6 Mayor
Rob Newsom
7 San Mateo Roots
8 Mayor
Rob Newsom
9 City Council Colleagues
10 Assistant City Manager
Christina Horrisberger
11 Our T eam
Zachary Dahl
Community Dev. Dir.
Prasanna Rasiah
City Attorney
Rukshana Singh
Acting City Librarian
Martin McTaggert
City Clerk
Matt Fabry
Public Works Dir.
Aracelia Esparza
HR Director
Pete Owen
Director of IT
Karen Huang
Director of Finance
Ed Barberini
Police Chief
Matt Turturici
Fire Chief
Joanne Magrini
Parks & Rec Director
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14 Community Flood And Storm Protection
15 FEMA Flood Map Update
16 $500 Million Clean Water Program
17 More P edestrian Mall Improvements
18 Pedestrian & Bike Safety
19 Complete Streets Program
20 Adapting to Community Needs
Parks & Recreation Libraries
21 Marina Library Closing this Summer
For Repairs & Upgrades
22 Expanding Library Services
Branded Wrap
Coming Soon!
Genealogy Services Outreach Van Neurodiversity Programming 23 Supporting Wellness through Activities
24 Fallen Heroes Memorial
25 Central Park
Playground
Renovation
Groundbreaking
Coming April 24!
26 80,000 Rounds of Golf Played
300 T rees Planted
27 1,600 Seniors Enrolled
4,500 Y outh Enrolled
Programs Supporting Seniors & Y outh
Senior Rides Program
Summer Camps & Aquatics
28 Parks and Recreation Updates
Community Pool
Repairs
Beresford Park
Pickleball
Pilot Program
29 Community Development
Building for the Future
30 State Certifies
San Mateo’s
Housing Element
31 San Mateo
Housing Element:
Paves Way for 10,200
New Housing Units
at All Income Levels
State Mandate:
Capacity for 7,015
Housing Units
Exceeding State Housing Requirements
32 General Plan Adopted in 2024
Focuses on…
Housing Production and Balanced
Growth
Fiscal and Environmental Sustainability
Continued Community Engagement
33 Allows Additional Housing and Higher Densities
Close To Public Transit
Including Capacity for 19,700 New Housing Units!
34 Creating Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan in 2025
Funded by Federal Grant
35 Implementing the General Plan
Streamlining and simplifying the
permitting process
Updating codes to support Missing
Middle housing production
Comprehensive Zoning Code Update to
facilitate development
36 Kiku Crossing Expanded
Affordable Housing & Parking
225 100% affordable housing units
524 public parking spaces
27 EV charging stations
37 2000 S. Delaware
Expanding Affordable Housing
38 Public Safety: San Mateo Police
Real Time Information Center
Assisted officers with 133 calls for service since
its launch in October 2024.
67% of those calls were criminal complaints
33% involved quality-of-life concerns and
community welfare checks
39 Public Safety: San Mateo Police
Holistic-Oriented Policing &
Engagement (HOPE) Team
Compassionate Support through
Collaboration:
Law enforcement
Clinicians
Specialists
40 Organized Retail Theft Task Force
Supported by a multi-million-dollar
grant awarded by the California
Board of State and Community
Corrections
Facilitated 189 arrests and 163
cases
Recovered over $80K worth of
items during deployments in 2024
41 Free Car Seat
Inspection Events
SMPD Hosted Two Free
Events in 2024 with CHP
Certified experts inspected
72 vehicles to ensure
compliance with State laws
and children’s safety
42 LightsOn!
Mechanical
Violations
Voucher
Program
43 Community
Police
Academy:
Building
Community
44 New Program
Enhancing
Safety and
Security of
Commerce
Centers
Use the QR Code to
Sign Up
45 Public Safety: SMC Fire
Fire Chief Matt Turturici
46 SMC Fire
Responded to over
15,800 incidents
–200 More than 2023
Saved $718 million in
property and contents
47 SMC Fire
48 SMC Fire
Average
Response Time
5 minutes 11 seconds
49 SMC Fire
Potential upgrade
or replacement of
Fire Station 27
to better serve our
growing community.
50 SMC Fire
Updating & Releasing
Fire Hazard Severity
Zone Maps
In 2025
51 City of San Mateo
AAA Credit Rating
Distinguished Budget
Presentation Award
(GFOA)
52 Budget Highlights
Total Revenues=$322 Million (+$17
Million) End Of June 2024
General Fund Deficit = $6 Million
In Current Fiscal Year (originally
projected to be $10 Million)
53 5-Year Capital Improvements Plan
The City is investing $240 million in critical projects:
Clean Water program
Street improvements
Flood control
Parks
Public facility upgrades
54 Measure CC’s Real Property Transfer Tax
During the first half of
this fiscal year, the City
has received in total
about $4.8 million in
Measure CC revenue.
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Human Resources
Hiring the Best to Serve Our Community!
57 Keeping the business of the City Moving Forward
58 Community Engagement
Community Survey
71% Said Satisfied With The City’s Overall Performance 85% Said Overall Quality Of Life In San Mateo Is Excellent Or Good
59 Community Survey Continued…
Resident satisfaction improved significantly during the past three years in many service areas including our efforts to:
Address homelessness (+17%)
Provide special events (+13%)
Clean up litter on sidewalks, and in public areas (+10%) 60 Community Survey Continued…
Respondents Reported a Significant Increase in Satisfaction with City Communications Print Newsletter Social Media Weekly eNews 61 Downtown Survey
Feedback Helps Inform Economic Development Programs
PARTNERS
62 Economic Development Initiatives
Streamlining the Special Event
Permitting Process
Promoting Special Shopping
Experiences
Age-Friendly Business Certification
Pilot Program
RevvUp San Mateo
Economic Development Plan
63 Building Decarbonization
64 More Ways to Join the Conversation
65 More Ways to Make Your Voice Heard!
66 San Mateo Conversations
Community Meetings
with Underserved
Communities
67 Public Comment @ City Council Meetings
68 Transition to District-Based Elections
69 Engaging Youth with “I Voted” Competition
70 Campaign Finance Dashboard
71 Boards and Commissions Recruitment
Increased Community Applications by 250%!
72 Expanded Communications
Increased eNews from Monthly to
Weekly
Launched Biannual Print Newsletter
Increased Social Media
73 Website Improvements
74 Promoting Jobs
at the City
75 Join the Conversation!
76 Thank You for Helping
Move San Mateo Forward!
77 Mark Your Calendars
San Mateo Celebrates!
National Library Week
April 6-12, 2025
Eggstravaganza
Central Park
Saturday, April 19, 2025
78 Q&A
79 Thank you for being here tonight!
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